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Bentima House, 168 - 172 Old Street, London EC1V 9BP

P2012/0168/COLCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 16 January 2013

Council decision: Approve with no conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness to confirm that works relating to the development, approved under planning permission P090564 comprising: 'Construction of a two-storey extension on the roof of the existing building to provide 8 residential flats with landscaped terraces above; installation of new lift shaft and rubbish chute; re-arrangement of existing parking and delivery area to accommodate additional refuse storage and cycle parking. The residential units will consist of 3 x 1 bedroom flats, 4 x 2 bedroom flats, and a 1 x 3 bedroom flat.', were lawfully commenced prior to 12/09/2012 in accordance with condition 1 attached to planning permission P090564, and therefore, that further works to complete the balance of the approved development can be lawfully carried out.

Received
20 November 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bunhill, X-Bunhill
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Bentima House, 168 - 172 Old Street, London EC1V 9BP. Islington has handled 155 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the EC1V postcode area.

77% of outline applications at London Borough of Islington were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EC1V 9BP
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
Development type
Not Used
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2012
Last date for comments
21 November 2012
Permission expires
16 January 2016

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Islington

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